Hue Boy

 by Rita Phillips Mitchell and illustrated by Caroline Binch

For children aged 3+ years and their families

Toured from 27 April 2013 – 15 June 2013

Hue Boy has a problem that everyone is talking about…..he is small and doesn’t seem to be growing “at all, at all”. His family and the villagers all have their opinion on what he should do and his school friends tease him. But still he does not grow.

Hue Boy may be the smallest boy in his village but he is big news. Pumpkin soup and exercise…..just some of the suggestions to make him grow.

This heart-warming interactive storytelling performance transports you to a Caribbean village where tutti frutti brings to life this delightful Smarties Prize winning book. With a vibrant set, original soundscape by Ivan Stott, movement by Joanne Moven, the show is set in a beautiful environment under a colourful parasol that creates a special place to enjoy this unique interactive experience.

 It is the best production I have seen for the children’s age Cleethorpes Library

Under the Parasol [Hue Boy] rates as one of the best enrichment experiences I have seen in 30 years of education. Drighlington Primary School

Families including babies were captivated.  Outstanding! Rothwell Library

© Text by Rita Phillips Mitchell, pictures by Caroline Binch

Tour Dates

Creative Team

Ivan Stott

Ivan has worked professionally in Theatre for 30 years as a Composer, Musician, MD, Sound Designer, Actor and Workshop Facilitator. He has created work for children and young people with some of the best children's companies and theatres across the UK and is recognised as a leading artist in this field. He is also Artistic Director of Hiccup Theatre, a small scale Company making work for young audiences which tours the UK.

Ivan has worked for Derby Theatre, National Children's Theatre of South Africa, The Young Vic, The West Yorkshire Playhouse, Octagon Bolton, Graeae, Polka Children's Theatre, Pilot Theatre Company, Contact, Theatre Centre, Half Moon Young People's Theatre, Dundee Rep, York Theatre Royal, and Red Ladder amongst many others. International projects include Visiting Grandad (Japan) 2002 and Musician in Residence at the Phalsbourg Festival (France) 1997. Ivan trained with Gypsy Musicians and ran workshops in Bucharest and Baccau (Romania) in 1993 and composed and sound designed the first European tour of John Godber's Teechers in 1992.

Ivan’s TV work includes Over to the East (Channel 4) BUG (BBC1 Millennium Eve) and for BBC Radio 4, Ivan composed the music for Wimmy Road and the Sony Award Nominated Blast.

Touring Team

Selina Zaza

Selina trained at East 15 acting school. After graduating in 2006, she played Samina in an international tour of 'When the Lights Went Out' with Tara Arts. She continued to do the rep season 'Hotbed' playing Baron in 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Prisoner in 'The Penal Colony', Nurse in 'Medea' and Kasturba in 'The Shadow of Gandhi'. In 2007 she toured with Theatre Centre, playing Kiran in 'Romeo in the City'; 2008 she performed in the Polka Theatre, playing a variety of characters such as Cinderella and Baby Bear in 'The Jolly Postman'; 2010, Selina played Kool Kat in 'Dick Whittington' in South Hill Park; 2011 she worked with Oxfordshire Theatre Company as Bagheera the Panther and Raksha the wolf and in 'The Jungle Book', touring in the UK as well as the Madinat Theatre in Dubai. During 2012 Selina toured with Tutti Frutti productions as Nan in 'Rapunzel' and Lolita in "Hue Boy" in 2013. She then toured Pied Piper theatre company as Mum, Gran and Mrs Mariposa in 'Care of Henry'. Selina played Mum in ‘The Boy Cried Wolf’